Ecology and Population Dynamics Quiz

Woodpeckers eating at a birdfeeder, causing the other birds to not get any food.

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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An owl hunting a mouse from a field to eat.

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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An orchid using a high tree branch as a place of attachment to receive more sunlight but not affecting the tree (one creature is benefitting, one is not harmed).

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Three lampreys attached to a fish and sucking the fish’s bodily fluids through its skin. (One is benefitting, one is harmed)

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

A butterfly that pollinates a flower while it is drinking nectar from the flower. (Both benefit)

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Maximum population an ecosystem can support indefinitely.

• Developing countries

• Population

• Growth rate

• Carrying capacity

• Life expectancy

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Average number of years a person is likely to live.

• Developing countries

• Population

• Growth rate

• Carrying capacity

• Life expectancy

A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place.

• Developing countries

• Population

• Growth rate

• Carrying capacity

• Life expectancy

Has the highest birth rates & agricultural based societies.

• Developing countries

• Population

• Growth rate

• Carrying capacity

• Life expectancy

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In the picture to the right, Dory the fish is pointing to a cluster of fish that live in a ____ dispersal pattern.

• Clumped

• Random

• Uniform

• Scattered